Professor Valentina Zega has been awarded the 2024 AIMETA Junior Prize in Solid and Structural Mechanics.
The prize was conferred by the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA, https://www.aimeta.it/) during the AIMETA conference held in Naples from September 2 to 6, 2024, with the following commendation: “For the innovative nature of her scientific contributions, characterized by a high level of methodological rigor, and for her mastery of modern analytical and experimental investigative tools applied to the field of metamaterials, a sector with highly promising prospects and potential interdisciplinary synergies.“